Unsorted: Media, Propaganda & Press Freedom

With three in four countries "problematic" or worse, the 2026 World Press Freedom Index offers a bleak picture for global media. The conditions for press freedom are rated "satisfactory" in only a few dozen countries.

Fragile media ecosystems remind us what’s at stake for journalism

1.8K likes, 608 comments. "Shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner in DC Tonight"

The billionaire wanted the Post to die, because a vigorous, well-resourced newspaper does not help his bottom line.

for the future of our democracy, this shit has got to end

In 2024, it’s harder than ever to get a tough story out in the United States of America.

The Epoch Times is affiliated with the religious group Falun Gong, which opposes the Chinese Community Party and has supported former President Donald Trump.

CEO Chris Licht felt he was on a mission to restore the network’s reputation for serious journalism. How did it all go wrong?

Everybody knows we live in an age of misinformation. But everybody’s wrong, and here’s why it’s our age’s biggest problem

INTRODUCTION: ‘I realized early on I had two jobs’ The end of the long inquiry into whether Donald Trump was colluding with Russia came in July 2019, when Robert Mueller III, the special counsel, took seven, sometimes painful, hours to essentially say no. “Holy shit, Bob Mueller is not going to do it,” is how […]

After the reelection of Donald Trump on Tuesday, some women are taking to social media to join in on a South Korean feminist movement. We break it down here.

Backlash against Black Lives Matter includes branding it as Marxist. The attack has been made in recent weeks by Rudy Gi

These myths about the movement are more than just misunderstandings.

In the fragmented world of new media it is all too easy to experience only opinions we agree with. These titles can help liberal readers change that

Carl Bernstein's memoir of his apprenticeship in reporting, "Chasing History: A Kid in the Newsroom," is on the surface a story about journalism, and about America, in a historical period that to most of us now seems long in the past. Bernstein's first job in the business came in 1960, as a 16-year-...

The role of philanthropy in Bill Gates’s global empire is well known. But the Gates Foundation’s contributions to media organizations are huge, underexamined, and a significant part of how one of the world’s wealthiest men has built and protected his image.

In a highly fragile world facing existential threats, we need the voice of critical intellectuals more than any other time in history

SS: Mainstream media is trying mostly to minimize Biden creepy groping & here. Snopes first result for Biden groping tries to 'debunk' a poor...

A practical guide to understanding the role of news in society, from reporting methods to public trust and accountability.

Monsanto’s own emails and documents reveal a disinformation campaign to hide its weedkiller’s possible links to cancer

With links to Donald Trump, Steve Bannon and Nigel Farage, the rightwing American computer scientist is at the heart of a multimillion-dollar propaganda network

Contemplating an end to my relationship with social media.

The challenge for anti-racists looking for solutions in Trump’s America.